Newsflash: Steve Riley has left the building!
DaleSheer bloody madness. First Jesper leaves, now Steve has been re-structured out of a job. First heard Steve (and Jesper) speak at TechEd 2005 in Brisbane. I think the talk…
It could only happen in?
Imagine this. You are a power generating company (PGC). You have a virus outbreak on your network. It infects your SCADA PCs. WTF?!? SCADA. Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition. In…
So, where do I check for ATM card skimming & PIN capturing devices.
Three weeks ago, I wrote about ATM skimming devices, and shared some photos. A reader wrote in and asked “Where do I look on a ATM to try and spot…
“They rang me up, and said …”
“I have an inappropriate password.” The user telling me this, was stunned that anyone would notice. An inappropriate password would be something like password qwerty 123456 But this particular Law…
SSL errors, and how to diagnose them.
Frankly, I don’t know, but here’s what I learnt. It started with a customer reporting a problem When we press the publish button on the website, we get a 403…
Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) Card Skimming photos
There has been a bit of exposure in the news recently, of Automatic Teller Machine fraud. Aka Card Skimming and PIN capturing. Up to 1,000,000 dollars has been obtained by…
LastPass does form filling!
It was an article from Jesper Johansson* which finally got me using LastPass as a password manager. I use LastPass* for most of my web logons. This is why: each…
2 and a bit reasons to wait for Windows 7
If you’re a business customer, thinking about making the upgrade from Windows NT4/2000/XP, I’d be waiting for Windows 7. By all means, plan and test with Windows Vista, and then…
A sample Remote Desktop Control product policy.
Had a customer IT Security Team, let’s call them FREDNET, ask me for some advice on graphical desktop sharing and control system. Think VNC, Dameware, PC Anywhere. Here is what…
OpenDNS, why it’s good.
Long story short … OpenDNS is really good, and I can’t draw. Long Story You need talent to draw, I don’t have it, other blog posters seem to have some. …